The little town of Millwood is about to break ground on its largest road construction project in more than a decade. // story by @newsynicholas https://t.co/zkFkCiFUk7

Spokane Valley voters will be asked to decide this August if they want to pay a higher sales tax to pay for more policing. // story by @newsynicholas https://t.co/2vtGahkoKH

The Spokane Valley City Council is considering asking voters to approve a sales tax measure this fall that would be used to meet the city’s stated priority of bolstering its police department. // story by @newsynicholas https://t.co/qICZ8vMKg2

Spokane is one of “the hottest destinations” for spring travel, as beloved weathercaster Al Roker put it on The Today Show earlier this week. // story by @newsynicholas https://t.co/NMo9pQdyHh

“It’s so awesome to see there’s so many people out on the streets, like obvious high school volleyball players and sports fans, and just everybody’s out shopping and got their Nike bags and Apple bags, Lego bags,” said @SpoKate director of public relations for Visit Spokane.

This story can be republished under a Creative Commons license thanks to the support of @SpokesmanReview subscribers and donations from our community. We're the smallest paper in the country with a reporter in DC, yet my editors were quick to send me to Chicago for this story.

HOT! 🥵 Me for @WeAreSpaceScout #Crew10 #NASA #SpaceX

Crew 10’s leap into a golden sky

U.S. Army Col. Anne McClain @AstroAnnimal is on her way to the @Space_Station, joined by fellow @NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Takuya Onishi. // story by @newsynicholas https://t.co/qkXZ5h2ofw

Liftoff of @AstroAnnimal and Crew-10 from @NASAKennedy moments ago taken by @newsynicholas

.@newsynicholas has a pretty nice view for the @NASA @SpaceX Crew-10 launch in about 5 minutes. Live stream of the launch at https://t.co/qyJNXXUNvF

Crew vehicle departs for the pad.

Crew-10 loading up in the vehicle that will take them out to the pad.

Crew-10 with Col. Anne McClain @astroannimal have left for the launch pad at @NASAKennedy

.@NASA and @SpaceX are prepared for “take two” of the Crew-10 mission launch Friday, as Spokane astronaut Anne McClain @AstroAnnimal put it in a message on social media. // story by @newsynicholas at @NASAKennedy https://t.co/VS2svIfBs3

Story update from @newsynicholas at @NASAKennedy -- @NASA officials delayed the launch scheduled for Wednesday, at 4:48 p.m. Pacific, due to an issue with the hydraulics system on the launchpad discovered about 4 hours before launch. https://t.co/4WrTkSD0BX

After a weeklong trip turned into a nine-month stay aboard the @Space_Station, @NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore may return as early as Sunday, weather permitting, and if their replacements arrive as scheduled. // story by @newsynicholas https://t.co/7l6qvYa3Il

Thousands of queries addressed to Army Col. Anne McClain @AstroAnnimal, poured in from Spokane and beyond in a letter writing campaign organized by McClain’s high school math teacher. // story by @elenaperry00 https://t.co/V8B2YAMcf5

.@SpokesmanReview reporter @newsynicholas is in Orlando, Florida, this week to report on Anne McClain (@AstroAnnimal) and @NASA's @SpaceX launch from Kennedy Space Center this Wednesday. Follow along in print and online at https://t.co/sJX3zsLOKM.

“It’s so incredible to fly into this landing strip knowing that we don’t have a return ticket back to Houston,” Astronaut Anne McClain said as her crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center. “We are going to take a little bit of an adventure before we go back.” // story by